A7N8X Deluxe rev.1.04 RAM issues

[Nite Rider]

Hi,

I bought parts for a whole new setup, a AMD 2500+ barton at 1.83ghz
FSB:333mhz, Avant technology DDR 400 512MB: 2 sticks, and a A7N8X
deluxe rev.1.04 MB. Upon post the system stalls saying "System memory
has failed". Then I put it in single mode instead of dual and it
works. It only worked at 133mhz or lower in dual channel mode. Ok, so
I said the memory must be cheap.

So I went an got myself another 2 sticks of 512MB DDR333 made by
Samsung. I installed it and I again here the system saying "System
memory has failed" but otherwise posts normally. Then I change it to
"by spd" and moved the memory from the 2nd slot to first and kept the
other in third. The issue goes away for about 7 startups and then I
here the message again. And still posts normally. Is the motherboard
just mistaking? I think it is, can anyone confirm that there are
issues with the way it tests ram.

Thanks,
Nite Rider

 

[Tomg]

If you search this forum you'll find many others had issues with the failing
memory from the voice within(including myself). You can turn off the verbal
mis-information via the bios - you really don't need it.

If you want to check your memory just the same, use memtest86 at the link
below - if it passes with no errors after running all night, then the memory
is ok.

http://www.memtest86.com/

Good luck,
Tom

 

[dino]

the memory fail from the post reporter is common..lot's of people have
posted about that..I run an A7N8X-deluxe rev 2.0 with OCZ Pc3200 EL2
Ram..everytime I enter the bios and then exit..I get that message. I never
get it other than then..and when I do it runs fine anyways.

 

[Nite Rider]

Ok, I found that one of the chips was bad.

 

[Nite Rider]

Yeah it ends up the other chip was too. But mostly it was just cheap ram. I
got 2 sticks of Kingston HyperX PC3700 512MB ram with heatspreader for $130
(steap). These things no issue at all in any mode or speed. I love Kingston
though it's expensive. Plus that motherboard is way too picky about memory.